Doctor insights on:
Burning Sensation In Legs At Night

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Neuropathy?:
Try Vit B complex and Vit E, Magnesium and potassiumsupplements. All available OTC. It seems you had whipple's procedure so you must be under doctor's close care. Please ask him/her who has all the other Medical information regarding your other medications and associated conditions.
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A burning sensation can be descriptive of nerve pain, some variations of migraine, and even central brain problems after a stroke. Have heard this said associated with phantom limb syndrome, reflex sympatheric dystrophy, and trigeminal neuralgia. Other patients might say sharp or needle like.
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Need more info:
NEED PHYSICAL EXAM & DATA When did it start? What brought it on? What makes it better? Worse? R U otherwise healthy? Did you have any recent accidents, or injuries? Are you physically active? Describe your day. Tell me how this problem interferes with your daily activities. Does this burning keep you from sleeping? Do you take any medicines, prescription or otherwise? Herbal? Street? Diet?
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A number of things:
These symptoms could be the result of a number of different things, related to both your past medical history as well as your physical exam. Please see your doctor who can evaluate this set of symptoms more closely in order to determine if more tests and/or therapy is required.
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Neurological issue:
The pain that you are describing is consistent with a distribution in the L4-L5 distribution and below. You should see a good neurologist. You midht need an MRI of that part of your body to define what is happening more exactly. And then treatment.
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Nerve irritation:
This sounds like an irritation of the L5 nerve root or distal peroneal nerve. Check back with your surgeon. Re-imaging with MRI or myelogram, or electrophysiological workup (EMG) may be helpful to pinpoint the problem. They may start you on Neurontin or Lyrica (pregabalin) medication which reduces nerve pain. Short course of steroids (cortisone) may help but will slow down your fusion.
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Talk to the Dr:
The Dr who prescribed is a good place to start w/ asking questions. If you still feel uncertain, ask for a referral to a specialist who can help more. Not normal is a mistaken way to look it at. It's not a good thing if there is a solution available but it might be a helpful thing if it gets you the right treatment for the cause!
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Leg pain:
Leg cramps at night are fairly common during pregnancy however pain in a calf with a burning sensation could also be the beginning signs of a blood clot. If it is a blood clot, that is serious. Therefore you should contact your OB right away to be examined and see if it is concerning or not.
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Possibility:
If you possess a small fiberneuropathy, this would explain your symptoms. However, you would need a skin punch biopsy to diagnose. Discuss this consideration with your doctor.
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See below:
If elevation mild anti inflammatory meds and or heat will not improve that sensation, then check with your primary care physician and request a doppler of your leg just to make sure that there isn't any vascular condition causing the problem.
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Claudication:
Your symptoms could be indicative or either decreased blood flow to legs or associated with lumbar stenosis, and transient nerve compressions. A few rare muscle diseases may cause such symptoms. Lastly, this could merely be the result of some low level deconditioning, which might respond to exercise and stretching. Might check in with your doctor.
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Muscle or nerve:
Muscle 'pulls' or strains can be irritated when you stretch or use the muscle. Tight muscles can also pull on the local nerves causing burning with stretch. Other times, nerve irritation can cause burning when the leg is pulled. A physiatrist or doctor of physical medicine and rehabilitation can help determine the cause and recommend treatment.
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Depends:
Some conditions, the rash appears later. May be a nerve related issue? May be a muscle problem as well (e.g. Tendon injury). If the pain is severe, i'd have your regular doctor give it a check out.
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Surgical leg pain:
Pain with swelling, warmth or redness along the veins of any extremity is usually due to cellulitis - an infection that can spread rapidly and needs urgent medical attention. Untreated cellulitis may lead to blood clots with severe complications.
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Please see below:
It depends. This symptom might be caused either by the peripheral nerve or nerve root irritation. You might benefit from seeing your local neurologist in consultation and have electrodiagnostic studies of the legs performed for the establishment of the nature of your condition.
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Likely nerve problem:
Your skin has tons of nerve endings. When they get hurt, your nerves may get very inflamed causing the burning sensation. Ice and cool rag may make it feel cooler, but as long as the nerve is agitated and inflamed, it will continue to feel as if it is burning. It is hard to say when it will stop since nerves may take awhile to heal or improve if it is not permanently damaged.
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Sciatica:
Very well could be compression of a nerve root. The resultant compression can cause the sensation of the burning feeling in your leg. I would visit with a doc, obtain an xray and then maybe either medication or referral.
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